What GUS Can Be.

A fundraising campaign for the next generation.

For nearly fifty years, Glen Urquhart School has heroed children, meeting them where they are and anticipating what they will need next in the world that they inherit. Today, we honor that commitment to our child-centered philosophy and ask what can GUS be for the next generation and how can we meet them there in a meaningful way?

GUS has rarely stood still. except in freeze tag.

Glen Urquhart School was founded in 1977 by parents who wanted something deliberately different. Who believed education could be joyful, rigorous, and deeply human. Community-led and student-centered. Since then, we’ve evolved alongside our students, our educators, and our world. Finding meaning, purpose, understanding, and learning in each new phase. While maintaining a strong sense of what it means to learn and teach in an everchanging world.

As we look ahead to the next fifty years, we’re pursuing What GUS Can Be – a fundraising campaign to invest in the people, place, and program that define this school and make its mission possible.

We credit all of the families before us who imagined a different kind of school and built it together. Now it is our turn to continue the legacy and build a strong foundation for GUS’ future.

PEOPLE

PLACE

PROGRAM

Investing in our teachers, leaders, and community who make an extraordinary education possible.

Creating environments that support curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and belonging.

Strengthening GUS’ distinctive approach to learning.

People + Place + Program are the foundation of GUS’ past, present, and future. To nurture these core principles means that we believe the future of this school should be as bold, joyful, and inspiring for the next fifty years as it has been for the last.

Nearly $2,000,000 in early commitments has helped us begin, but

The start is not the finish line.

Your gift can help us:

  • Transform + build new spaces that reflect our mission.

  • Broaden access to a GUS education + deepen belonging in the community around us.

  • Strengthen + sustain exceptional educators.

  • Advance a distinctive pedagogy rooted in research + practice.

  • Preserve resources for our other priorities that make GUS, GUS.

fifty never looked this good

The new heart of our campus is the first visible step to What GUS Can Be. A place where new families + visitors will discover GUS for the first time. And where students will learn, grow, and explore in two multidisciplinary classrooms. A true reflection of our commitment to preserving what makes GUS special while thoughtfully evolving to meet the needs of the future.

GUS Wasn’t built in a day

But for nearly fifty years, generations of families, teachers, alumni, friends, and neighbors have helped shape what GUS is today. And now, we hope you will be a part of this campaign’s momentum and consider a gift to help shape What GUS Can Be next.

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Campaign Updates

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What GUS Can Be: A Community Campaign
What GUS Can Be: A Community Campaign

The momentum behind this campaign is made possible by a community that believes deeply in what GUS can be. We invite you to learn more about the campaign, explore the vision, and consider how you might help shape the next chapter of Glen Urquhart School.

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A First Step Towards Our Future
A First Step Towards Our Future

We are moving forward with plans to build a new, centrally located space on campus — a place that will serve as a welcoming front door to the school, house key community spaces, and support the continued growth of our program with two multidisciplinary classrooms.

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Get Involved

At GUS, we understand that philanthropy is personal, and we want it to be meaningful. We encourage you to reach out to learn about the various ways you can make an impact and help us fully realize What GUS Can Be. Please reach out to the Advancement Team, advancement@gus.org or 978-927-1064 with any questions.

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